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<h1>Creating a shortcut to an object</h1>
<p>You can create shortcuts to reports, documents, folders, and other objects. 
 Shortcuts are helpful when you want quick access to an object that is 
 stored in a different location, but you do not want to create multiple 
 copies of the object. </p>
<p>For example, if you have a folder in which you commonly create reports, 
 and you frequently add one attribute to most reports, you can create a 
 shortcut to that attribute, placing the shortcut within your reports folder. 
 This makes it easy to locate the frequently used attribute where you most 
 commonly use it.</p>
<p>The icon that represents a shortcut to an object looks similar to the 
 following image, which shows a shortcut to a graph report <img src="images/shortcut_to_object.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="16px" height="17px" border="0" class="img_whs1">. 
 The small arrow in the corner of the graph report icon indicates this 
 is a shortcut to the original graph report object. </p>
<p>Creating a shortcut to an object is different from 
<a HREF="Copy_an_object.htm">copying 
 an object</a>. A shortcut is only a reference to an object, not a separate 
 copy of it.</p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Prerequisites</B></span> </h2>
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<li class=p><p>DHTML must be enabled. See 
<a HREF="DHTML-only_features_in_Web.htm">Enabling 
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<h2>To create a shortcut to an object</h2>
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<li class=p><p>Navigate to the folder that contains the object for 
 which you want to create a shortcut. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Right-click the object and select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Create 
 Shortcut</B></span>. The Create Shortcut dialog box opens.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Navigate to the folder in which to create the new shortcut 
 and click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK</B></span>. The shortcut is 
 created in the specified folder.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p class="whs4">Related topics</p>
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<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Copy_an_object.htm">Copying an object</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Renaming_an_object.htm">Renaming an object</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Move_an_object.htm">Moving an object</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Delete_an_object.htm">Deleting an object</a></p></li>
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